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Ptychophyllidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptychophyllidae

Taxonomy
Ptychophyllidae was named by Dybowski (1873).

It was assigned to Cyathophyllina by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ptychophyllidae Dybowski
1981Ptychophyllidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderCyathophyllinaNicholson 1889
familyPtychophyllidaeDybowski 1873
familyPtychophyllidaeDybowski 1873

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Ptychophyllidae Dybowski 1873
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G. †Cyathactis Soshkina 1955
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†Cyathactis balticus Kaljo 1958
†Cyathactis gazellensis Merriam 1972
G. †Implicophyllum Sytova 1966
G. †Ptychophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hirnantian to the top of the Frasnian or 445.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Cyathactis affinis (80615)
Hirnantian - Rhuddanian445.2 - 440.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Cyathactis sp. (205661)
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia Cyathactis balticus (174099)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Quebec) Cyathactis sp., Cyathactis C. cormorantense (12938)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Cyathactis euryone (206541 206542 206543)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Kentucky) Cyathactis sedentarius (13236 13237) Cyathactis typus, Cyathactis sedentarius (13194)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Ptychophyllum sp. (461 513)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Cyathactis cormorantense, Cyathactis euryone (12940) Cyathactis sp. (12424 12557)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Cyathactis euryone (79525) Cyathactis euryone, Ptychophyllum ortoseptatum (79513) Ptychophyllum sibiricum (79514)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Ptychophyllum sibiricum (206313)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation Cyathactis typus (24773)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (Nevada) Ptychophyllum sp. (24787)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7China (Xinjiang) Ptychophyllum sp. (27816)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Ptychophyllum infundibulum (230235)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) Cyathactis sp. B (100903) Ptychophyllum sp. (111791 111812)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) Cyathactis euryone (12939) Cyathactis sp. (79165)
Clinton440.1 - 439.4Canada (British Columbia) Ptychophyllum sp. (5143 5145 5147 5151 5152 5153)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Ptychophyllum stokesi (184765)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Australia (Queensland) Cyathactis sp. (39223)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Ptychophyllum sp. (25250)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Tyva) Cyathactis typus (79925)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (England) Ptychophyllum spp. (49638)
Telychian - Gorstian438.6 - 425.0Japan (Gokase) Ptychophyllum sp. (140694)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Ptychophyllum ortoseptatum (79527)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Tyva) Cyathactis tenuiseptatus (79083)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Mongolia Cyathactis typus (79643)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Alaska) Cyathactis sp. (100931) Cyathactis sp. A, Ptychophyllum sp. (100930)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7India Ptychophyllum sp. (36257)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) Ptychophyllum sp. (25044)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) Cyathactis sp. B (100895)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Ptychophyllum sp. (188872)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) Cyathactis gazellensis (79733 229626 229632)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Cyathactis tenuiseptata, Ptychophyllum sibiricum (83248)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Northwest Territories) Ptychophyllum whittakeri (40147)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (British Columbia) Ptychophyllum whittakeri (83798)